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"EZ Pass for criminals": Mamdani wants to stop charging for misdemeanors in NYC

The DSA's 2021 platform condemns policing and detention as "instruments of class war" and calls for abolishing "carceral forces of the state."

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Aug 24, 2025
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Democratic mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are pushing to eliminate enforcement of all misdemeanor offenses in New York City, according to a new report.

The DSA's 2021 platform condemns policing and detention as "instruments of class war" and calls for abolishing "carceral forces of the state." The organi…

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